Tribute from the IGU: Senior Research Scientist Eric DENIS It is with great sadness that the International Geographical Union learned of the passing of Eric DENIS, Senior Research Scientist at CNRS. Eric DENIS made a remarkable contribution to the promotion of geographical research. A recognised specialist in urbanisation in regions such as India, Egypt, and [...]
Announcement IGU Seminar on Geodiversity from Geographical Perspectives 2025 10:00 – 12:40 GMT, 6th October 2025 (Monday) 6th October is the International Geodiversity Day proclaimed by UNESCO in 2021 for a worldwide celebration bringing people together to promote the many aspects of geodiversity. The IGU supports this new initiative strongly, and has established a Geodiversity [...]
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the upcoming 2025 Conference of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Informality, Social Change and Development (IGU-ISCD), which will be held from 12 to 14 December 2025 at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. We warmly invite geographers, urban researchers, social scientists, and urban planners to mark their [...]
#survey on participation in scientific organizations: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/scientific_organizations_survey There is still time to take part in the global survey on participation, leadership, and inclusion in scientific organizations, launched by the International Science Council, The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science. Are you a scientist involved in a scientific organization? This [...]
IRC 2026 https://www.irc2026.org/en/ Gentle Reminder: Deadline for Session Proposal submission is 31st July, 2025. Link to Session Proposal Form: https://www.irc2026.org/SessionForm/ Secretariate, IGU
Journal Geography and Sustainability & GEOSUS 2025 Journal Geography and Sustainability team is delighted to update the latest journal metrics information available for 2025 as shown below: JIF 2024 of GeoSus is 8.0, ranking 3/67 in Geography, Physical (Q1); CiteScore 2024 of GeoSus is 14.7, ranking 2/183 in Earth-Surface Processes (Q1) Also, Geography and Sustainability [...]
NKG 2025 – „Speculative geographies of the new climate regime“ Session: Platformization and speculation(s): The rise of a new speculative urbanism https://kulturgeographie.org/sessionaufrufe-nkg-2025/#platformization Moderators JProf. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Hübscher // TU Dresden, Institute of Geography Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christian Smigiel // University of Salzburg, Department of Sociology and Human Geography Please send your abstract until June 15, [...]
ISC IDSSD GeoUnions Distinguished Lecture Series Following the successful Distinguished Lecture Series launched by the International Science Council (ISC) in 2022, as an initiative of its cluster of the International Unions and Associations Members dealing with Earth and space sciences (GeoUnions), in support of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD), the [...]
IGU Thematic Conference 2025, October 27th to November 1st, Santa Marta, Colombia Click to Download Second Circular: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
The Jena Declaration (TJD) Asia Conference 2025: Living Sustainably with Joy and Satisfaction The “Living Sustainably with Joy and Satisfaction” Online Conference is a TJD event together with our Project Partners from Asia and Ambassadors from all over the world. It is intended to showcase ways in which sustainability can be lived in a self-empowering [...]
